#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename : backup_ver1.py

import os
import time

# 1. The files and directories to be backed up are specified int a list.
source = ['/home/hcy/test/python/9_data_struct', '/home/hcy/test/python/8_model']

# 2. The backup must be stored int a main backup directory
target_dir = '/home/hcy/test/python/backup/'
#Rememober to change this to what you will be using

# 3.The Files are backed up into a zip file.
# 4.The name of the zip archive is the current date and time
target = target_dir + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')+ '.zip'

# 5. We use the zip command (in unix/linux )to put the files in a zip archive

zip_command = "zip -qr  '%s'  %s"%(target, ' '.join(source))

#Run the backup

if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
	print 'successful backup to', target
else:
	print 'backup falled'
